The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 165 - 150 The Third Deal_1

Chapter 165: Chapter 150 The Third Deal_1

"Pang Jian, you actually have the guts to face me!"

"At Wulan Lake, you stabbed me several times, causing me to flee with serious injuries!"

"In Bagua City, you emerged from the darkness to harm me again, forcing me to withdraw prematurely!"

"On the Three Immortal Islands, you made me bear a notorious reputation, pointed at by thousands!"

"..."

In the cramped cave, Dong Tianze’s frantic, furious, and hysterical roaring filled the space.

Standing within the Ghost Altar, he looked incredibly ferocious, like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

This time he did not deliberately disguise his voice, nor was there any need to hide his identity, as he vented his anger wildly.

Similarly, Pang Jian no longer presented himself with a sickly yellow complexion but showed his true appearance.

At the mouth of the cave.

Luo Hongyan, with a veil on her face, revealed a brimming curiosity in her beautiful eyes as she looked from a raging Dong Tianze, who was like a keg of gunpowder exploding, to the cold and indifferent Pang Jian.

If Dong Tianze could be likened to an explosive volcano, then Pang Jian was like an unchanging, icy snow peak. No matter how unstable Dong Tianze vented his aggression, Pang Jian remained immovable.

And he gave no response.

"This guy, he could really anger someone to death..."

Luo Hongyan couldn’t help but laugh in astonishment.

A moment later.

Only when Dong Tianze’s frantic roar finally began to subside did Pang Jian speak indifferently, "Ghost Leader, are you done?"

"Not done!"

The moment he calmed down, Dong Tianze reignited like a powder keg upon hearing the words "Ghost Leader."

"I am the Dark Ghost Leader, not someone for you to summon at will! Pang Jian, you’ve got some nerve, daring to use me time and again in the Lower Realm!"

"In our first two trades, you knew exactly who I was, yet you still dared to have me collect all those Spiritual Materials for you! The Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder, Poison Ghost Poisonous Fog, you even used these items to set me up!"

"Pang Jian, you..."

Dong Tianze continued to rant furiously.

Pang Jian, whose ears were buzzing from the noise, remained calm, letting the roar echo in the cave.

Until... Dong Tianze himself finally grew weary.

Facing what might as well be an uncooperative "eternal icy peak," he felt the frustration of possessing the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, yet having nowhere to unleash it.

"Ghost Leader, have you finished speaking now?"

Pang Jian asked again.

With a gulp that nearly choked him, Dong Tianze, his eyes fierce and volatile, seemed to have a surging volcano within that he forcibly suppressed.

"I’m done,"

he said, gasping for breath.

"Alright then,"

Pang Jian nodded lightly.

He chose not to mention their past conflicts, but instead went straight to the point, "Is everything ready, Ghost Leader?"

On the Ghost Altar.

Dong Tianze, standing there, glared at him with a voracious gaze for a while before suddenly sitting down and demanding coldly, "It’s ready, what are you planning to trade in exchange?"

Pang Jian said, "You’ll be satisfied."

Grinding his teeth in fury, Dong Tianze, who was in his dwelling on the Xuan You Continent, manipulated the void with both hands.

The saplings and seeds of hundreds of peculiar flowers and grasses, arranged in his dwelling, were pulled by his Spiritual Power and fell into the grooves in front of him.

"Ghost Leader, you’ve gone to a lot of trouble,"

Pang Jian’s eyes lit up.

The request from the Cloud Marsh for saplings was for different types of plants and a variety of flower seeds.

It never specified that the plants and flower seeds had to be the Spirit Plants and exotic herbs needed by cultivators.

Pang Jian passed the note requesting different types of ordinary saplings and flower seeds; he never mentioned the kind of exotic herbs needed by cultivators.

Dong Tianze had apparently misunderstood him.

In the grooves in front of Dong Tianze, those saplings and flower seeds faintly radiated a glimmering light.

These saplings and flower seeds were clearly the type that cultivators planted in herb gardens for careful cultivation, the Spirit Plants and exotic herbs.

Upon further thought, Pang Jian suddenly realized.

Common saplings and flower seeds, found everywhere in the world, were worthless in the eyes of Dong Tianze and Yin Spirit Temple. Dong Tianze naturally wouldn’t consider those mundane items which could be owned by any mortal as the things he initially wanted to request.

"Enough talk, what have you prepared?"

Dong Tianze suppressed his anger as he spoke.

"Here you go!"

As he spoke, several storage bags appeared beside Pang Jian.

He took out a dazzling array of various Spiritual Artifacts, leather armors, and bloodstained lustrous Spirit Stones.

There were also many low and mid-level ores involving Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth attributes, and some unnamed bottles and bowls among other items.

"These!"

Dong Tianze’s forehead throbbed with veins as he suddenly stood up again from his sitting position!

In the battle at Ice Rock Island, his senior brother Wang Yisen died tragically, and he was left bearing the notorious name of the Dark Ghost Leader.

Now, not only was he pointed at by thousands, but he was also reluctantly and pretentiously imprisoned by Yin Spirit Temple.

And the instigator was none other than the man who, on Ice Rock Island, had desperately called out to him as the Ghost Leader!

Forced into a corner by the exposure of his identity, he had no choice but to carry out a massacre at Ice Rock Island.

Under the killing shock of the sea of Black Gold saber light, reliant on Heavenly Spirit Tower and the Evil Artifact Ghost Howling, numerous Individual Cultivators perished violently one after another.

Afterward, due to Luo Hongyan’s appearance, he had to hastily retreat from Ice Rock Island.

The storage bags left by the dead Individual Cultivators, the discarded items everywhere, naturally, he also had no time to collect them.

Now, Pang Jian actually had the audacity to bring those belonging to the dead Cultivators and trade them at the Ghost Altar!

"These, these... huff huff!"

Dong Tianze, gasping for breath, felt like his lungs were going to explode, his pupils revealing a frightening red glow.

He yelled, "These should be my spoils of war! I killed those people, the items should rightfully belong to me! Pang Jian, you son of a bitch, how dare you trade these things with me?"

Luo Hongyan, standing at the entrance of the cave, couldn’t help but smile.

She knew that Pang Jian’s storage ring also held a considerable amount of Spirit Stones and Spirit Jade given to him by her, enough for Pang Jian to purchase those trees and seeds.

But instead, Pang Jian chose to trade using the miscellaneous items left by those deceased Individual Cultivators.

She suddenly felt like this infamous Dark Ghost Leader would explode from anger at any moment because of Pang Jian.

"Ghost Leader, if anyone’s to blame, it’s you for leaving first and not taking these items."

Pang Jian’s expression remained calm as he leisurely spoke, "Of course, I know Ghost Leader has put in a lot of effort. That’s why I wasn’t planning on an equal trade, I was actually prepared to let you, the Ghost Leader, have a bit more advantage."

Feeling like he would burst from anger if he continued dealing with Pang Jian, Dong Tianze forcibly tried to calm himself yet spoke with an unstable breath, "What do you mean?"

"Ghost Leader, how much did you spend on these saplings and seeds?"

Pang Jian asked.

After hesitating a moment, Dong Tianze coldly said, "Around six thousand!"

Pang Jian secretly smacked his tongue.

Immediately, he put on a pained expression and pulled out some more low and mid-level items from his storage ring, piling a few hundred Spirit Stones in the grid in front of him before sighing, "I’ve got about... seven thousand’s worth here."

Though he had prepared these items from Gao Yuan, who obtained them from the dead Individual Cultivators, and had discussed it with Luo Hongyan beforehand, he still wasn’t able to precisely evaluate their value.

At this moment, he gave Luo Hongyan a glance.

Luo Hongyan’s eyes twinkled with amusement as she gently nodded.

"Here’s seven thousand, and you only used six thousand Spirit Stones, enough to make up for..."

Pang Jian continued.

"Ten thousand!"

"A total of less than ten thousand is not enough to compensate for my losses! Those Individual Cultivators died because of me, it’s only right that I keep a portion!"

Without letting Pang Jian finish, Dong Tianze roared fiercely.

Seeing Pang Jian’s pained expression brought a certain satisfaction to him, as he didn’t actually care much about the value of Spirit Stones.

He just felt that if he could squeeze out the Spirit Stones from Pang Jian’s hand and make Pang Jian uncomfortable... that would give him pleasure.

"If it’s ten thousand..."

Pang Jian looked troubled, appearing to be a bit headachy and reluctant.

Watching him, Dong Tianze’s mood slightly improved, the violent irritation in his heart also eased a bit.

He then began to pose arrogantly, "This is what you owe me. If you want to trade at Ghost Altar in the future, you need to first make up for my loss."

"Also, next time you request a trade, lower your attitude. Beg and maybe I’ll respond to you..."

Dong Tianze snorted coldly.

The thought of having Pang Jian beg to trade with him at the Ghost Altar made the Dark Ghost Leader feel a lot more comfortable.

He thought to himself, "No matter how fierce Pang Jian is at Wulan Lake and Bagua City, no matter how remarkable, he still has to ask me. Since he’s asked, he is theoretically still... under my command!"

This sense of being superior to Pang Jian was something Dong Tianze enjoyed greatly.

"Ten thousand it is then!"

With clenched teeth, Pang Jian took out several more miscellaneous items and added some Spirit Stones, arranging them in the groove in front of him, and said, "That’s all I have!"

"I’m letting you off easy this time!"

Dong Tianze snorted coldly, with a pleased sneer on his face, "Remember to stay in line from now on, don’t sneak around behind my back, engaging in all sorts of despicable deeds!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

The exchange of Spiritual Materials and saplings began in front of him and Pang Jian.

He also disappeared from the Ghost Altar.

Stepping out of the Ghost Altar, he called out to the cave’s entrance with a light shout, "Brother Liu!"

"I’m here."

Liu Yan, upon hearing the call, stepped in, and looking at the numerous low-level Spiritual Artifacts and various containers that he had no use for, said, "Junior Brother Dong, what’s this?"

"Back at Ice Rock Island, I slew a bunch of Individual Cultivators; these are the items I got from them,"

Dong Tianze indicated the pile of items.

Although he was the junior brother, he commanded in an overbearing tone, "Brother Liu, go and exchange these for Spirit Stones for me."

"Oh."

Knowing that he was highly valued by Han Zhiyuan and had a profoundly deep background, Liu Yan, as if truly his junior brother, obediently began to collect all the trivial items one by one.

"I haven’t been out of my cave dwelling for a while, I’ll take a stroll outside, and I’ll be back soon."

Dong Tianze, in a good mood, paid no mind to the busy Liu Yan, and stepped straight out of the cave dwelling.

Looking at the great sun hanging high outside, he muttered deceptively, "Having subordinates like this might actually be... quite nice."

He felt as though he had firmly surpassed Pang Jian in terms of power and status.

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